Hammer level



Feb. 19, 1929. l1,702,689

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HAMMER LEVEL Filed April 6, 1928 A.|lllllllnmmmlllh:.

Patented Feb. 19, 1929.

unirse STATES PATENT QFFICE.

SAMUEL O. DUEMLER, OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

HAMMER Application filed April 6, f

This invention aims to provide a simple means whereby a hannner or other similar tool may be provided with a level yithout interfering with the use of the hammer as such.

. It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices ol that type to which the invention appertains. v

lll/lith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resid' n the combination and arrangement et parts and in the letails of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the .invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a device constructed in accordance 'with the invention;

Figure 2 is a cross section on the line 2--2 et Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an end elevation;

Figure 4 is an end eleva-tion with the movable support swung down into the working position shown in dash line in Figure 1; and

Figures 5 and 6 are sections taken, respectively, on the lines 5 5 and 6--6 of Figure 3.

The device lforming the subject matter of this application may be embodied in any suitable tool which includes a handle and a transverse head at one end of the handle. In the present embodiment of the invention, a hammer has been selected as the subject of illustration, the hammer comprising a handle` 1 and a head 2 on one end of the handle, the head including a peen 3 and a claw l, although the head 2, et course, u'iay be shaped in any suitable way depending upon the nature ot' the tool wherenvith the device hiriniug the subject matter el this application assembled.

At a point intermediate its ends, the y handlel has a part 5 which is rectangular -in cross section, the part 5 of the handle 1 being supplied with side recesses 6 and with an edge recess 7. The numeral 8 designates a U-shaped bracket which is so formed that it will tit closely about the rectangular part 5 of the handle 1. The bracket 8 is heldin place by screws 9, or other fastening devices which enter the rectangular part 5 of the handle. The intermediate portion of the LEVEL.

1928. Serial N'O. 267,872.

bracket 8 carries a level vial 10, and there are level vials 11 on the side arms of the bracket 8. The level vial 10 is received in the edge recess 7, and the level vials 11 are received in the side recesses G. The arms oi the bracket 8 and the crown thereof have slots 12 which expose the level vials 11 and 10. The level vials 11 and 10 are disposed transversely of the handle 1.

An anchor plate 14 is attached by screws 15. or in any other suitable way, to the end of the handle, the anchor plate le substanH tially covering the said end ot the handle.

The anchor plate 14thas depending ears 1o carrying a pivot element 17, mounted in the reduced end 18 of a support 19 which is substantially eoextensive in areas with the anchor plate 14, the support 19 being-'hingedly mounted by means of the pivot element Y 17, so that the support 19 can be swung up against the anchor plate 14, when it is desired to use the tool as a hammer, the construction being such that the support 19 can be swung downwardly into approximately parallel relation to the peen 3 of the tool, when it is desired to employ the device asa level. In the supportl 19, there is an undercut groove 20 in which a toot 21 is mounted for sliding adjustment. The foot is provided at one end with a spring latch 22, adapted to engage over a lug or keeper 23 on one end of the anchor plate 14. The lug or keeper 23 is bevelled, as shown at 24, so that when the support 19 is swung up into the position shown in Figure 5, the latch 22 will automatically engage with the lug 23. The adjustable foot 21 is held in any position to which it may have been moved, by means of a screw 25 threaded into the toot and adapted to bear against the support 19 at the base oi' the groove 20. The support 19 is provided near to 'its hinged mounting 17, with a shoulder 26 which engages one end 27 et the support 19, to hold the oot 19 in parallelismr with the peen 8, when the support has been swung down into the position shown in dash. line of Figure 1 of the drawing.

In practical operation, the support 19 may be swung downwardly into the dash line position of Figure 1, and the next adjustment may be made by sliding the foot 21 up and down, the foot being held in adjusted position by advancing the screw 25. After the foot 21 has been adjusted, it will need no attention for a long period of time.

The handle 1 constitutes a stock provided CIK at one end 'with a fixed transverse support 3, the levels l0 and ll being mounted on the stock, the movable support 19 being' hinged at 17 to the opposite end oit' the stock, for 'folding against the stock and for swinging movement into approximate parallelism with the fixed foot 3 whereby the supports 19 and 3' will cooperate to maintain the stock in such a position that the level will be properly positioned with respect to the surface 28 which is to be tested.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A device ot the class described, com prising a stock provided at one end with a fixed transverse support a level mounted on the stock and a movable support hinged to the opposite end ot the stock for folding,` against the sto-cli, and ifor swinging move men into approximate parallelism with the fixed supporty whereby the supports Will cooperate in maintaining the stock in such moaeee position that the level will be properly located with respect to the surface to be tested.

2. A device oit the class described, comprising a steek provided at one end with a lined transverse support, a level mounted on the stock, a movable support hinged to the opposite end ot the stock ter foldingagainst the stock and ier swinging movement into approxin'iate parallelism with the iXed support, whereby the supports Will cooperate in maintaining the stock in such position that the le el will be properly located with respect to the surface to be tested, a foot, means for mounting the `toot adjustably on the movable support thereby to vary the eective length oi movable support, and means ifor holding the toot in adjusted positions on the movable support.

in testimony that l claim the foregoing as my oivn, l have hereto affixed by signature.

SAMUEL O. UUEMLER. 

